Turn-button.



w. FORGE. TURN BUTTON. 7 APPLICATION FILED DBO. 21, 1912.

1,087,084, 7 Batented Feb. 10, 1914 wrr ss Es V v BY I JFW EOma- I? AM- ATTORN EY JOHN W. FORCE, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

TURN-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Application filed December 21, 1912.

- Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 737,964.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. Force, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Im rovementsin Turn- Buttons, of which the ollowing is a specification.

" The object of this invention is to produce an article of the character described containin features of novelty and advantage.

%he invention is illustrated in the drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a side view with parts broken away to show construction. Fig. 2 is an end view of the base, showing the button in the other position from that shown in Fig. 1.

The particular purpose of this invention is to produce a button in which the movable member is looked as securely as possible in either position of adjustment and yet readily disengageable so that it may be turned from one position to another; and also to reduce the cost of manufacture to the greatest possible extent.

According to the drawings a denotes the base and b the turn button member held to the base by the pin a and provided with the usual spring (1, which acts to draw the button down onto the base and yet permits of 'nal movement relative its movement for disengagement of the looking means. These locking means comprise pins 2, 2, with their sides slightly tapered, adapted in one position to be received in the pockets 3, 3, in the top of the base, these spins being spaced apart so that they will lie snugly against the sides of the base when the button is turned to its other osition, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. It will t us be seen that the button is efi'ectivel held in either position of adjustment, and that the construction is such as to require a minimum of operations in its manufacture.

I claim as my invention In a device of the character described, a base having greater length than width, pockets in the top of the base near each end, a turn button rotatably mounted centrally of the base and having a limitedlongitudiythereto, and a pair of spaced pins located in the underside of said button and adapted in one position of the button to engage the sides of the base, i

and in another position of the button to engage said pockets.

JOHN W. FORCE.

Witnesses:

LOREN D. PENFIELD, Amman L. THOMPSON. 

